Department of Public SafetyTraining Academyrecruit training records 1930-1931, 1935-1999 bulk 1980-1999

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Department of Public SafetyTraining Academyrecruit training records 1930-1931, 1935-1999 bulk 1980-1999

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The Training Academywithin the Texas Department of Public Safety, Administrative Division, StaffSupport Services Unit, Training Bureau provides basic, intermediate, andadvanced training and education for the state's law enforcement officersaccording to the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement Officer Standards andEducation (TCLEOSE) mandated curriculums, and also operates civilian trainingprograms including administrative training for Department of Public Safetyemployees. Records include instructional manuals, rosters,grades, evaluations, medical records, counseling records, field assignments,reports, statistics, logs, correspondence, telegrams, press releases,clippings, publications, photographs, audiocassettes, a videotape, yearbooks,graduationmaterials and other class records dating 1930-1931, 1935-1999, bulk1980-1999. Records from 1930-1931 are Texas Highway Department training recordsfor the Texas Highway Patrol, which was transferred to the authority of thenewly created Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) in 1935.

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